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A touchscreen voting machine in Sandy Springs, Ga., during the primary election in May 2018. As the midterm congressional primaries heat up amid warnings of Russian hacking, about 1 in 5 Americans will be casting their ballots on machines that do not produce a paper record of their votes.

Georgia Will Use Electronic Voting Machines This Fall As Paper Ballot Case Falters

A judge said such a paper ballot rollout would "seriously test" the capacity of election workers and "swamp the polls with work and voters," leading to "disaffection and frustration."

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown warms up before a basketball game against the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 28 in Chicago. A few days before that game, Milwaukee police used a stun gun on and arrested him over a parking violation.

Milwaukee Police Disciplined For Using Stun Gun On, Arresting NBA Player

Police confronted Sterling Brown, a rookie with the Milwaukee Bucks, in January over a parking violation. On Wednesday, Milwaukee's police chief said that the officers had acted inappropriately.

A 2013 file photo of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. New rules issued by the agency say that politically active nonprofits no longer have to disclose their donors to the IRS.

Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS

Advocates say it's a First Amendment issue. Critics say it's opening the door to secret money from foreign sources.

Dresses Flutter On Drones In Saudi Fashion Show, But Critics Aren't Buying It

The organizer says the novel approach was a way to celebrate fashion while keeping to Ramadan sensibilities.

Dexamethasone is a low-cost, anti-inflammatory drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of death in patients with COVID-19.

Trump Was Treated With Steroids: How These Drugs Are Used For COVID-19 Patients

The drug dexamethasone is a cheap, widely available steroid. But how long should COVID-19 patients take it, and what are the side effects?

A house in West Seattle has a candy chute among its Halloween decorations, in preparation for socially distanced trick-or-treating. But experts say families should steer clear of the annual door-to-door tradition.

Halloween trick-or-treating is 'high-risk' this year, experts say. What to do?

Getting COVID-19 can be scarier than any horror movie or Halloween haunted house. Health officials and pediatricians aren't telling us to skip Halloween…

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